by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
Translation © by Emily Ezust

Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen
 (Sung text for setting by A. Bruné)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE ITA
  Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen,
Und ertrage dein Geschick.
Neuer Frühling bringt zurück,
Was der Winter dir genommen.

  Und wie viel ist dir geblieben!
Und wie schön ist noch die Welt!
Und mein Herz, was dir gefällt,
Alles, alles darfst du lieben!

  Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen,
Und ertrage dein Geschick.
Neuer Frühling bringt zurück,
Was der Winter dir genommen.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,1 of the original text.

Confirmed with: Heinrich Heine’s sämtliche Werke in vier Bänden, herausgegeben von Otto F. Lachmann, Erster Band, Leipzig: Druck und Verlag von Philipp Reclam jun, [1887], page 136.

Note: contemporary German spelling would change "giebt" to "gibt".

Composition:

    Set to music by Adolph Bruné , "Herz, mein Herz, sei nicht beklommen", op. 11 no. 3, published 1880, stanzas 1,2,1 [ voice and piano ], Werschetz: F.J. Wettel

Text Authorship:

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Heart, my heart, don't be oppressed", copyright ©
  • ENG English (Emma Lazarus) , appears in Poems and Ballads of Heinrich Heine, first published 1881
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Cuore, cuore mio, non essere angosciato", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • POL Polish (Polski) (Aleksander Kraushar) , "Niech me serce", Warsaw, first published 1880


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Senior Associate Editor], Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Heart, my heart, don't be oppressed
 (Sung text translation for setting by A. Bruné)
 See original
Language: English  after the German (Deutsch) 
Heart, my heart, don't be oppressed,
and bear your fate:
a new Spring will give back
what Winter has taken from you.

Just think how many things remain,
and how fair is the world!
And, my heart, whatever you find pleasing,
anything, everything - you may love!

Heart, my heart, don't be oppressed,
and bear your fate:
a new Spring will give back
what Winter has taken from you.

 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,2,1 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © by Emily Ezust

    Emily Ezust permits her translations to be reproduced without prior permission for printed (not online) programs to free-admission concerts only, provided the following credit is given:

    Translation copyright © by Emily Ezust,
    from the LiederNet Archive

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 46